Well written first post, good job.
Congrats on Epic GF + legendary from daily, that's insane :)
Ad strategy: If you like fire splinter & Marlic consider getting Kobold Miner (alpha/beta), he costs only 2 mana, have sneak and get buffed by Marlic, that leaves enough mana to place him + both chicken and Ooze instead of Spark Pixies.
Yes I do have him! That is an awesome strategy, 1 that I haven't thought of yet. That is because Kobold didn't seem like a good cad to me at the start. Now that you mention it, I might have underestimated his usefulness! Thank you very much on your feedback!